ES 118 Project ResourcesGeneral Environmental Information from a variety of sources:Governmental Information (Federal)Governmental Information (Maine)Maine State government agency indexSelected NGOs (International)Selected NGOs (Domestic)Selected NGOs (Activist)ES 118 PROJECT RESOURCESSpring 2003SELECTED PERIODICAL INDEXES for journal articles (primary and secondary literature)(accessible through Colby Library’s Indexes page http://www.colby.edu/library/research/indexes/):- Academic Search Premier - Good general purpose index. Multidisciplinary. Beware of popular and newspaper articles however. Select button for SCHOLARY JOURNALS to eliminate them.- LexisNexis Environmental Universe - Citations to articles and reports can be found in the subset ofENVIRONMENT ABSTRACTS. Current information and data on all aspects of the environment: air, water, and noise pollution; solid and toxic wastes; energy and natural resources management, conservation.- Science Direct - Full-text access to selected scientific, technical, and medical publishers. Broad coverage is also given to interdisciplinary topics in the social sciences.NOTE: Don’t use QUICK SEARCH. Select the SEARCH tab at top of screen to make search morespecific. Additional tab for SCIRUS will search authoritative web sites.- PAIS International – Citations to articles, books, reports, and government documents. Covers interdisciplinary topics including economic, political, social, and policy issues from local to international level.- LexisNexis Statistical Universe - Index to statistics from a broad array of sources including U.S. and state government, and international organizations. Includes the International Energy Annual.GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION from a variety of sources:- Colby Library Research Guide: The Environmenthttp://www.colby.edu/library/research/guides/environment.shtmllinks to additional agencies, web server collections to search for further links- Conservation Directory: a guide to worldwide environmental organizationsSCIENCE REF S920 .C64 2002- Eco-Portal (web server)http://www.environmentalsustainability.info/over 3000 sites for environmental sustainability- Encyclopedia of global environmental change(Miller Library) REF GE149 .E443 20025 vol. good background articles and bibliographies on all environmental subjects- EnviroLink Network (web server)http:// www.envirolink.org- Environmental conservation organizationshttp://usparks.about.com/blconservation-ac.htm- Environmental organizations by state/region http://eelink.net/eeorganizationsandprojects-stateandregional.html- Environmental profiles: a global guide to projects and peopleSCIENCE REF GE1 .K38 1993- Greenwire: the Environmental News Dailyhttp://www.greenwire.com/news articles cover state, national, and international events.Includes ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY DAILY- Internet Biodiversity Service (web server)http:// www.biodiversity.org.uk/ibs- National Population Policies(Miller Library) REF HB871 .N38 1998- US environmental directorieshttp://www.geocities.com/usenvironmentaldirectories- Wind and Sea- Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences Internet locatorhttp://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea.htmlover 1000 links related to air and water (marine, weather, fish, pollution, etc.)- World Directory of Environmental OrganizationsSCIENCE REF S920 .W67 6th ed. 2001Ask one of the professional reference librarians in Miller or Science for help when you get stuck!1/14/2019Allow yourself time for Interlibrary Loan (ILL) for important information not available at Colby or through Maine InfoNet. Web forms for ILL are available at http://www.colby.edu/library/catalog/ill/SELECTED DATA ON THE WEB:- Direct Searchhttp://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htmlinks to resources that contain data not accessible from standard search engines- HINT: search Google or FAST (http://www.alltheweb.com) and include the word “database” or“databases” in the query line along with your key subject word (e.g., small dams databases)- Scirushttp://www.scirus.com/A specialty search engine designed to index scientific information on the Web. May also use the technique of combining your subject term with the word “data” here as well.SPECIFIC AUTHORITATIVE WEB SITES that may have data as well as important links:Governmental Information (Federal)- Bureau of Land Managementhttp://www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm- Endangered Species http://endangered.fws.gov/index.html- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Servicehttp://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/- US Environmental Protection Agencyhttp://www.epa.gov/US Environmental Protection Agency Global Warming Site http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.htmlUS Environmental Protection Agency -air pollution data http://www.epa.gov/air/data/- US Fish and Wildlife Servicehttp://www.fws.gov/Endangered Species Programhttp://endangered.fws.gov/- US Forest Servicehttp://www.fs.fed.us/- US National Park Servicehttp://www.nps.gov/- US Natural Resource Conservation Servicehttp://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Governmental Information (Maine)Maine State government agency indexhttp://www.maine.gov/portal/government/agencies.html- Maine Dept. of Agriculturehttp://www.state.me.us/agriculture/- Maine Atlantic Salmon Commissionhttp://www.state.me.us/asa/- Maine Dept of Economic and Community Developmenthttp://www.econdevmaine.com/- Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection http://www.state.me.us/dep/home.htm- Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlifehttp://www.state.me.us/ifw/index.html- Maine Bureau of Parks and Landshttp://www.state.me.us/doc/parks/- Maine State Planning Office (include wide variety of environmental areas)http://www.state.me.us/spo/1/14/2019- Maine Waste Management & Recycling Programhttp://www.state.me.us/spo/wm&r/wmhome.htmSelected NGOs (International)- International Ecotourism Societyhttp://www.ecotourism.org/res.html- IUCN: The World Conservation Unionhttp://www.iucn.org/- The Nature Conservancyhttp://nature.org/- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)http://www.unep.org/UN World Conservation Monitoring Centre http://www.unep-wcmc.org/UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Conservation Databases http://www.wcmc.org.uk/cis/index.html- World Health Organizationhttp://www.who.int/en/- World Resources Institutehttp://www.wri.org/wri/- World Wildlife Fundhttp://www.panda.org/Selected NGOs (Domestic)- Maine Environmental Policy Institute http://www.meepi.org/- National Audubon Societyhttp://www.audubon.org/- National Council for Science & the Environment